A single transistor. Discrete transistors are used in myriad applications from low to high power. Early transistors were always discrete, and then they were built into integrated circuits (chips).

On a circuit board, discrete components are intermingled with the chips, and there is hardly any electronic product that does not have at least a few discrete resistors or capacitors. See also ...

We can compare discrete and continuous data by looking at how water comes out of a tap. A dripping tap shows discrete data, because each individual drop can be counted. The data collected will ...